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PDP denies suspension of governorship candidate in C/River

NewsDeskNgMar 19, 2023March 19, 20230

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed a letter purporting that the party had suspended its governorship candidate in Cross River, Prof. Sandy Onor. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated in Abuja that the letter of suspension of Onor purportedly signed by...

Be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data, WHO urges China

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has, again, called on China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data in efforts to determine the disease’s origins. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the appeal on Friday at the UN health agency headquarters in Geneva. Speaking at a media briefing, Ghebreyesus noted that the...

UK budgets £10m for energy solution in Sub- Saharan Africa

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The United Kingdom has earmarked 10 million pounds grant for innovators in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and South Africa to address the energy situation . Mr Joshua Adedeji, Knowledge Transfer Manager for the Innovate UK Nigeria, said this in statement at the end of an Energy Catalyst meeting in...

UN-backed ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian President, Putin

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, March 17, 2023 (NAN) The Pre-Trial Chamber of the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia. ICC President, Piotr Hofmański, said that the arrest warrant is in connection with alleged war crimes concerning the deportation...

Armed conflict: 10m children in Central Sahel need assistance – UNICEF

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region. “Brutal” armed conflict has left 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in need of humanitarian assistance – more than double the number in 2020, UNICEF warned...

Caution Peter Obi against making incendiary remarks, APC urges security agencies

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on security agencies to caution Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, from making incendiary remarks over the outcome of Feb. 25 presidential election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC, made the appeal in a statement on Friday...

Burundi announces 1st polio outbreak in 30 years – WHO

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

World Health Organisation (WHO) says health authorities in Burundi have detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation’s first outbreak in more than 30 years. Heath authorities said there was a confirmed case in an unvaccinated four-year-old child in Isale district, in western Burundi, as well as...

Debarment Allowance: Military Pension Board requests documents from beneficiaries

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The Military Pension Board (MPB) has urged eligible military retirees and Next-of-Kin (NOKs) of deceased retirees to bring all the needed documents for the payments of their Security Debarment Allowance (SDA). The Chairman of the board, Rear Adm. Sabiru Lawal, made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja....

We has no hand in murder of man at Ogidi – Anambra Police Command

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The Anambra Police Command says it has no hand in the murder of a middle-aged man at Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. The Command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, made the claims in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest – DHQ

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the video showing Alhassan Ado Doguwa, firing AK-47 rifle guided by military personnel was taken at Falgore Forest Military Training Camp in Kano State. Ado Doguwa is the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives from Kano State. The Acting Director, Defence Information,...